Housing density: 1,509 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $563,483.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,757 (lower quartile is $1,487, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,360
Median gross rent in Lafayette, CO in 2022: $1,909
Housing units in Lafayette with a mortgage: 6,159 (728 second mortgage, 28 home equity loan, 693 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 31
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $136,668
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $87,703
4,069 married couples with children.
2,523 single-parent households (643 men, 1,880 women).
86.6% of residents of Lafayette speak English at home.
9.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (95% speak English very well, 2% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 2% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 2,821 (9.3%)
(57.3% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 80.0% Number of people working at home: 5,426 (30.8% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 183
5 to 9 minutes: 1,498
10 to 14 minutes: 1,225
15 to 19 minutes: 2,117
20 to 24 minutes: 2,704
25 to 29 minutes: 888
30 to 34 minutes: 1,395
35 to 39 minutes: 194
40 to 44 minutes: 403
45 to 59 minutes: 759
60 to 89 minutes: 513
90 or more minutes: 105
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 9,844 (57.0%)
Carpooled: 1,394 (8.1%)
Bus: 135 (0.8%)
Taxi: 181 (1.0%)
Bicycle: 331 (1.9%)
Walked: 202 (1.2%)
Worked at home: 5,426 (31.4%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
1.6%Males
3.1%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
25.6%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
3.3%Males
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
2.2%Males
6.6%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Lafayette, Colorado
7302010 or later
6702000 to 2009
6811990 to 1999
6791980 to 1989
2931970 to 1979
146Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
English: 1,647 (14.0%)
European: 894 (7.6%)
American: 824 (7.0%)
German: 810 (6.9%)
Irish: 625 (5.3%)
Italian: 322 (2.7%)
Russian: 266 (2.3%)
Scottish: 255 (2.2%)
Polish: 172 (1.5%)
British: 138 (1.2%)
Dutch: 113 (1.0%)
Danish: 110 (0.9%)
Norwegian: 107 (0.9%)
Northern European: 106 (0.9%)
Scotch-Irish: 103 (0.9%)
Swedish: 88 (0.7%)
French: 87 (0.7%)
Eastern European: 75 (0.6%)
Czechoslovakian: 68 (0.6%)
Canadian: 55 (0.5%)
Australian: 52 (0.4%)
Lebanese: 46 (0.4%)
Romanian: 46 (0.4%)
Ukrainian: 44 (0.4%)
Israeli: 42 (0.4%)
Scandinavian: 41 (0.3%)
Ethiopian: 38 (0.3%)
Czech: 36 (0.3%)
Lithuanian: 30 (0.3%)
Slavic: 22 (0.2%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 21 (0.2%)
Welsh: 19 (0.2%)
Swiss: 19 (0.2%)
Iranian: 18 (0.2%)
Finnish: 17 (0.1%)
Austrian: 16 (0.1%)
French Canadian: 16 (0.1%)
Celtic: 15 (0.1%)
Jamaican: 11 (0.09%)
Greek: 10 (0.08%)
Belgian: 10 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.06%)
Albanian: 6 (0.05%)
Bermudan: 6 (0.05%)
Cajun: 5 (0.04%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Lafayette:
28.1% (821)
Colorado:
38.3% (209,491)
El Salvador
Lafayette:
7.9% (230)
Colorado:
2.2% (12,150)
England
Lafayette:
7.6% (221)
Colorado:
1.2% (6,672)
Korea
Lafayette:
6.8% (199)
Colorado:
2.9% (15,981)
India
Lafayette:
6.0% (176)
Colorado:
4.0% (21,689)
Canada
Lafayette:
4.9% (144)
Colorado:
2.7% (15,026)
Honduras
Lafayette:
3.9% (115)
Colorado:
1.1% (6,142)
Russia
Lafayette:
3.8% (110)
Colorado:
1.4% (7,860)
Other Eastern Europe
Lafayette:
3.5% (101)
Colorado:
0.4% (1,985)
Nepal
Lafayette:
3.3% (96)
Colorado:
1.0% (5,214)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Lafayette:
3.2% (95)
Colorado:
3.3% (17,998)
Colombia
Lafayette:
2.7% (78)
Colorado:
1.1% (5,971)
France
Lafayette:
2.1% (62)
Colorado:
0.5% (2,620)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 10,242
Other state: 16,403
Northeast: 3,669
Midwest: 5,492
South: 3,561
West: 3,662
83.6% of Lafayette residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 36.1% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 53.9% lived in Colorado.
Lafayette:
83.6%
State average:
83.6%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 102
Nursery to 4th grade: 41
5th and 6th grade: 13
7th and 8th grade: 84
9th grade: 33
10th grade: 70
11th grade: 53
12th grade, no diploma: 10
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,067
Less than 1 year of college: 766
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,475
Associate degree: 598
Bachelor's degree: 3,931
Master's degree: 1,475
Professional school degree: 415
Doctorate degree: 519
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 69
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 49
7th and 8th grade: 53
9th grade: 25
10th grade: 30
11th grade: 41
12th grade, no diploma: 60
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,330
Less than 1 year of college: 285
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 935
Associate degree: 764
Bachelor's degree: 4,566
Master's degree: 1,756
Professional school degree: 412
Doctorate degree: 408
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 7,584
One, attached: 2,321
Two: 447
3 or 4: 427
5 to 9: 476
10 to 19: 708
20 to 49: 412
50 or more: 276
Mobile homes: 699
Median worth of mobile homes: $60,408
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.6%